Politics and anti-realism in Athenian old comedy: the art of the impossible

The comic drama of the late fifth and early fourth century BCE was typified by the combination of absurd and fantastic plots often dealing with social and political issues of the day. This study puts these elements centre-stage and argues that it was through them that the comedy of the period made i...

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Beteilige Person: Ruffell, Ian A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2011
Schriftenreihe:Oxford classical monographs
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199587216.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199587216.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199587216.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199587216.001.0001
Zusammenfassung:The comic drama of the late fifth and early fourth century BCE was typified by the combination of absurd and fantastic plots often dealing with social and political issues of the day. This study puts these elements centre-stage and argues that it was through them that the comedy of the period made its political interventions
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 499 p.)
ISBN:0191731293
9780191731297
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199587216.001.0001